republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1829.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vessels: operation under the influence of alcohol or drugs: chemical testing."
description: "Existing law makes it unlawful for any person to operate a vessel or water-related device while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug, or both. Existing law directs the administration of a chemical test that is used to analyze an individual's breath, blood, or urine for evidence of drug or alcohol use when the individual is arrested for these actions. Existing law requires the arrested individual to be informed that a refusal to submit to, or failure to complete, the required chemical testing may be used against the person in court and that the court, upon convicting the arrested individual, may impose increased penalties for his or her refusal or failure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1829"
citation: "California AB 1829 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vessels: operation under the influence of alcohol or drugs: chemical testing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-09"
last_action: "2016-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a45649ec-2c7b-452f-aa79-de2ffde1c758"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1829"
source_hash: "f4fce351fa473ddbdde30c23ce0370d35521cbc714c7a03464248aeeecf99e28"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1829 (20152016) — Vessels: operation under the influence of alcohol or drugs: chemical testing.

Existing law makes it unlawful for any person to operate a vessel or water-related device while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug, or both. Existing law directs the administration of a chemical test that is used to analyze an individual's breath, blood, or urine for evidence of drug or alcohol use when the individual is arrested for these actions. Existing law requires the arrested individual to be informed that a refusal to submit to, or failure to complete, the required chemical testing may be used against the person in court and that the court, upon convicting the arrested individual, may impose increased penalties for his or her refusal or failure.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/09/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1829&version=20150AB182999INT)
2. **03/17/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1829&version=20150AB182998AMD)
3. **07/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1829&version=20150AB182996CHP)
4. **AB1829** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1829)
5. **07/07/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1829&version=20150AB182997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1829 LEVINE Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)
- Achadjian — author (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
- **2016-03-17** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4462.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-27** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4650.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2016-07-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 68, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a45649ec-2c7b-452f-aa79-de2ffde1c758`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).